Yekoua

Yékoua is a rural municipality in the department of Magaria in Niger.

Geography

Yékoua lies in the large landscape Sudan and shares land borders with the neighboring state of Nigeria. The neighboring communities in Niger are Kwaya in the north, the east and Magaria Sassoumbroum in the West. The municipality is divided into 30 administrative villages, 14 traditional villages, 18 hamlets and 13 stock. The main town of the rural community is Yékoua consisting of the administrative villages Yékoua Nagalabou and Yékoua Yaroro.

In Yékoua there are around 600 millimeters for a Nigerien ratios relatively high annual rainfall, which approximately corresponds to Vienna. However, the predominantly sandy soils cause rapid infiltration of rain and the water supply for humans and livestock is insufficient. The forest areas in the rural community are threatened by deforestation, as wood is the most important energy resource of the population and is used as the predominant building material.

History

Beginning of the 19th century castle of the Fulbe conquerors Usman dan Fodio the south of Yékoua Hausa State Daura at his Sokoto Caliphate. Usman dan Fodio appointed one of his students for governor in Daura, the first Abdou, former Hausa rulers, drove thence. Abdou fled to the north, to Korgom, Kantché, Zinder and Mirriah until he finally settled in Yékoua. From there, he tried to recapture Daura, but died about 1825 without the Fulbe marketed to have. Abdou was succeeded by his brother Loukoudi, who was defeated in 1845 by the Sultanate of Zinder, which Yékoua came under the suzerainty. The Sultan of Zinder captured in the course of which the most treasured of Loukoudi insignia of the former Hausa State Daura. Loukoudis son Nouhou tried unsuccessfully to shake off the supremacy of Zinder and recapture Daura. In 1850 he succeeded his father as ruler after, gave Yékoua as manor on and settled in Zango. The colonial boundaries in the early 20th century showed that the place Zango to Nigeria and thus to the British fell, while the majority of the ruled by Zango and in the Hausa tradition Daura's territory - including Yékoua - to the French dominated Niger reached.

The rural community Yékoua originated as an administrative unit in 2002 as part of a nationwide administrative reform a part of the canton Magaria.

Population

At the 2001 census Yékoua had 32 570 inhabitants. For the year 2010 44.223 inhabitants were calculated. The population is majority owned by the ethnic group of the Hausa. There are also minorities of Fulani and Tuareg.

Economy and infrastructure

The main economic activity in Yékoua is agriculture, followed by livestock. Crops are millet, sorghum, cowpeas, peanuts, corn and sorrel. Lack of fallow periods, and outdated farming methods lead to progressive soil depletion. The transhumant cattle management of Fulani and Tuareg. The livestock of the sedentary farmers mainly affects small ruminants and poultry and is the domain of women. In addition, sheep and cattle are raised as beef cattle, which represents an important source of income. Due to the limited arable land, there are conflicts between farmers and pastoralists.

Through the municipal area, the National Road runs between Magaria and the border with Nigeria 12 The poor condition of roads hampered the expansion of trade relations between the rural community. Due to the proximity to Nigeria, the naira is the most important means of payment. The artisans of Yékoua, which have a low social status and working with inadequate equipment, manufacture, among other metal goods, basketry, pottery and decorated gourds. The education and health care are poorly developed. Lack power, there is no self in the main village street lighting.